Sounds of Silence




Tapestry from CBC Radio show

Summary: Quaker worship is rooted in silence. There’s no minister to guide the service. Instead, they meet in small groups and sink into an hour-long silence which Paul Parker says “can be the most gripping 60 minutes of the week.” And Pearce Carefoote is an Anglican priest and librarian, takes us on tour of sacred books in the Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library at the University of Toronto.